this is "world news." tonight, blizzard watch. nearly two dozen states under watches and warnings. hurricane force winds, blinding snow. this evening, you'll hear from the family trapped in their cars. >> i don't know how many days or hours we're going to be here. because they can't get to us. >> ginger zee in the middle of it all tonight. the call for help. this evening for the first time here, the 911 calls from nascar fans as race cars came hurtling towards them. those new protections on the track. we ask, were they enough? >> we need help. big time quick. real money. if you or a loved one fill a prescription every month, tonight here, our correspondent with simple steps that could save you thousands of dollars. they did for this family, bringing one couple to tears. and behind the curtain. our cameras rolling at jack

nicholson surprises oscar-winner jennifer lawrence. what he really said. and the bond girl we weren't expecting, nearly 50 years later, singing again. what she revealed about her big return last night. ♪ good evening. diane is on assignment tonight. and right now, a punishing blizzard is hitting the country hard. right through the heartland. look at this right behind me this evening. this video comes to us from texas, where authorities are posting i ining it onfacebook a warning. you can hear it underneath me here, just listen to it. something to see and something to hear tonight. and 20 states now from the lone star state all the way up to michigan with storm watches and warnings this evening.

so, we begin here with abc meteorologist ginger zee in kansas, where there's a state of emergency tonight. ginger? >> reporter: david, for this part of the country, it is weather deja vu. here it is, happening again, all the way from here back to texas. it's a textbook blizzard, smothering texas, oklahoma, kansas and missouri tonight. look at this time lapse video, overnight amarillo, texas disappearing in snow. >> see what it's like so far. here we go. >> reporter: amarillo had more than a foot and a half of snow, blown by gusts of up to 77 miles per hour. huge three to five-foot drifts covering roads and highways. school and businesses shutdown. texas has called in the national guard to rescue people stranded on the roads. the neighboring oklahoma, families trapped in their cars.

like bill thompson, his wife, daughter and two granddaughters, stranded on highway 83. they called for help. >> i don't know how many days or hours we're going to be here, because they can't get to us. >> reporter: they were trapped for three and a half anxious hours. if you find yourself stuck in a car in a blizzard, remember -- keep your seat belt on, other drivers may slide into you if you're stuck. crack the back window slightly. often times the tail pipe gets covered by snow, which can cause deadly carbon monoxide fumes to geinto the vehicle. run the engine for 10 to 15 minutes every hour. back in kansas, which has barely recovered from last week's epic snow, is now getting it again. >> we've had a nice winter so far. and now, boy, in the last two weeks here it's like, geez. >> reporter: tonight, the storm brings up to a foot just south of kansas city. then, six inches or more around chicago by wednesday. so, let's talk timing of the storm. it will happen here tonight, from wichita to kansas city, or just south, some of the heaviest snoefs into early tuesday. then, the storm moves to the

north and east through illinois, parts of chicago really hit by wednesday. the east coast, from all of this, going to get mostly rain. david? >> meteorologist ginger zee in the middle of it all tonight. thank you. and now, to the other storm brewing tonight, the one in rome, where scandal threatens to overshadow the election of the new pope. tonight, just as pope benedict has moved up the date of the vote, britain's cardinal, keith o'brien, stepping down, after reports that he behaved inappropriately. and now come questions about an american cardinal. abc's david wright at the vatican again tonight. >> reporter: today, britain's cardinal keith o'brien said he will not attend the conclave, because his presence would be a distraction. this weekend, a british newspaper reported that four scottish priests claim o'brien made unwanted sexual advances on them in the 1980s, allegations o'brien denies. it's the latest of several scandals to threaten the dignity of this ancient process. other voting cardinals are known to have covered up for

pedophile prooelss. l.a.'s roger mahony for one. president obama's outgoing ambassador to the holy see today suggested mahony consider bowing out. >> he has to decide for himself in terms of what is in the best interest of the church. >> reporter: and then, there's the italian papers full of reports of a dossier prepared "for the pope's eyes only," supposedly detailing a sex and blackmail scandal in the vatican. this is beginning to sound like a dan brown novel. >> well, the catholic church doesn't do dull. >> reporter: turns out a dossier does exist, the findings of an internal investigation into last year's vati-leaks scandal. but only the pope knows what's in it. today, benedict met privately with the three elderly investigators. the italian press calls them "the 007 cardinals." >> the cardinals are known to know everything and so they say,

i don't think this candidate is the best idea at this point, that will be taken very seriously. >> reporter: today, the pope issued new rules that could fast track this election, but ultimately, the timing will be up to the cardinals, david. >> david wright in rome again tonight. david, thank you. this evening, a new twist in the case of oscar pistorius, the olympian facing a murder charge in south africa. tonight, we are seeing the last video of his girlfriend alive, hours after this video was taken, she was shot dead. we are also hearing tonight from her parents for the first time. abc's amy robach is in johannesburg tonight. amy? >> reporter: journalists from around the world waited hours to catch a glance of oscar miss or the use. escaping the spotlight, oscar pistorius apparently managed to report to authorities today without a single camera present. but it was this footage from a security camera at his residential compound that captured a radiant reena steenkamp's final moments, the video was aired on south

africa's mnet "carte blanche show." where reena steenkamp's parents also reacted to their daughter's violent death for the first time since she was shot by pistorius four times through a locked bathroom door. the news was devastating. >> he was with the police and he said, i'm sorlry to have to tell you, but i don't want you to go out and read it in the paper, but she's dead. >> reporter: as for the pistorius family, a dark coincidence. oscar's brother carl is now facing culpable homicide charges for taking a woman's life, killed in a 2008 traffic accident. the charges were initially dropped but reinstated this month. the pistorius family is now in the position of defending both of their sons, saying carl is innocent of all charges and they are confident he will be cleared. eerily similar to what they're publicly saying about oscar. >> amy robach in south africa tonight. amy, thank you. back here at home, to the economy now and it was a dark day for the dow, dropping 216 points at the close. it is the worst day since november. the reason? worries over political instability in italy after their presidential election.

we are also learning more tonight about that terrifying crash at the daytona 500. debris flying into the stands and injuring more than two dozen fans. drivers now speaking out about safety for the crowds. and for the first time here, we are listening to a 911 call from a fan. abc's matt gutman in florida again tonight. >> and a terrible crash! >> reporter: tonight, you hear the desperate 911 calls -- >> there's been a crash. and these people are really serious. we need help. big time quick. >> reporter: kyle larson's car catapulted into the metal catch fence and then disintegrating. an engine block spearing through the fence, a tire lobbed over it, into the seating. that scene spurring soul-searching among drivers. >> we've known since racing was started this is a dangerous sport. we assume that risk and it's hard when the fans get caught up in it. >> reporter: the catch fence made of steel was 14 feet high. >> oh, my gosh.

>> reporter: until this 2009 crash. it was then raised from 14 feet to 22 feet. still, in saturday's cash, parts of the car broke through it. they had to replace a 1,200 square foot patch of the fence. the question tonight, is the fence high enough and strong enough to protect fans? nascar says they are investigating the crash to determine if they can make fans even safer. david? >> matt gutman tonight from florida. matt, our thanks to you. we're going to turn now to the major health headline tonight, and it involves a very popular diet, the mediterranean diet. and what we've learned tonight is that in the middle of a new study, researchers were so astounded by what they found, they halted the study, made it public and jumped on the diet themselves. it looked at people at very high risk of heart disease and it reduced that risk by nearly a third. let's bring in dr. richard besser tonight. rich, you've done many studies yourself. how common is it that you would stop before it's even done? >> reporter: this is really

unusual. so are the results. they found reduction of 30%. if you think about statins, that only reduces your risk of heart disease by 25%. >> so, this diet even better than the statins. for people at home tonight, the bottom line, remind them what the diet inclaudes. >> reporter: it's rich in fresh fruit and vegetables, fish and chicken and beans. and then you want oils that are healthy. >> you talk about healthy oils, we all think of olive oil. we didn't know how much of it. >> reporter: yeah, in this study, each day, people were to consume four tablespoons of olive oil. that's a lot. >> four tablespoons. how much in a month? >> reporter: two liters per month. >> a lot of oil. and the nuts right here, always worried about gaining weight, but you say this is healthy fat. >> reporter: the fat in nuts will actually fill you up so you eat less. this is what you're supposed to have every day. that's a one-month supply of nuts. >> rich besser, thank you. and as you know, one of the most outspoken jury son generals in history has died. c. everett koop, who warned of the changers of smoking and the

realities of the aids virus during the '80s, koop said he wanted to end smoking by america in the year 2000. he made great strides, he was 96. we turn tonight to the philippines. what are some tourists looking for? abc's alex marquardt was there, as cameras rolled and a big bust went down. >> reporter: we traveled to the picturesque subic bay in the western philippines, a hotspot for sex tourism. the american ambassador recently estimated that 40% of american men here come for sex. to investigate the rampant underage prostitution, producer alex waterfield and i go undercover with hidden cameras. we'd been told about this man, arthur benjamin, a 49-year-old texan who has lived here for 25 years. he's suspected of pimping out underage girls from his bar.

over coffee, he tells us about how he melt his 16-year-old girlfriend. >> needed somebody to take care of her. come here. you know what i want. >> reporter: and how, with the help of his bar manager, lucy, underage girls have worked in his bar. one of them is 16-year-old princess, who has given us permission to show her face. little did benjamin know, filipino and american authorities were planning a raid on his bar. >> that's it. go, go, get out, go! >> reporter: benjamin is stunned. that's when we reveal ourselves to him. we're with abc news. you told us that you have had underage sex with multiple girls and underage girls have worked in this bar. >> i have never had underage girls here and i do not have sex with underage girls. >> reporter: then, we tell him we have it on hidden camera. does that change anything that you told me? >> nope. >> reporter: benjamin was arrested. tonight, he is in jail awaiting charges. activists say authorities aren't

doing nearly enough, but every arrest is a blow against a dark world. alex marquardt, abc news, subic bay. >> our thanks to alex tonight. there is much more to this. you can see how easy it is for tourists to connect with the young people they are looking for. it all unravels tonight on "nightline." there is still much more tonight on "world news." if you or a loved one fills a prescription every month, tonight, our correspondent with simple steps that can save you thousands of dollars. it did for this family, bringing one couple to tears tonight. it's not what you think. it's a phoenix with 4 wheels. it's a hawk with night vision goggles. it's marching to the beat of a different drum. and where beauty meets brains. it's big ideas with smaller footprints. and knowing there's always more in the world to see.

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and finally tonight here, abc news backstage at the oscars. the bond girl who stunned america last night. but we start here with jack nichols nicholson, who stunned one of the biggest winners of the night. >> jennifer lawrence. >> reporter: she was the "silver linings" actress who last night won gold. and backstage, there was something else unexpected. sitting there at the "gma" table with george, at first, talking about her in. >> it was just really shocking. that's the first time i've ever felt, like, actual shock. >> reporter: you got a fan here. >> reporter: but then came jack nicholson. >> hi. >> you did such a beautiful job. i don't mean to crash your interview but i want to congratulate you. >> reporter: and he kept going.

>> i loved you in the moves. i like all your movies. you look like an old girlfriend of mine. >> really? do i look like your new girlfriend? >> i though about it. >> oh my god. >> reporter: and he comes back with those trademark shades. >> is he still here? >> i'll be waiting. >> oh my god. sorry, that was jack nicholson. >> reporter: one of the other golden moments -- ben affleck after success so young and then those bumps along the way. >> it doesn't matter how you get knocked down in life, because that's going to happen. all that matters is that you got to get up. >> reporter: we knew of the james bond tribute coming, adele and "skyfall." ♪ hold your breath and count to ten ♪ >> reporter: she won the oscar, but it was the bond girl we weren't expecting. dame shirley bassey. 6 76 years old, about to perform the song she first sang in 1964. ♪ it's the kiss of death from

>> reporter: singing for sean connery all those years ago. ♪ goldfinger >> reporter: and last night, singing it for more than 40 million in the u.s. alone. ♪ >> love watching that last night. she said today it was a, quote, dream, to come back all these years later and perform in front of all those actors and actresses. got to gold jack nicholson, too. for diane sawyer and all of us at abc news, have a good evening. good night.